Package-tie.



A. W. ROLLlNS.-

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION map sum 1a. 1916.

1%5957. Patented Mar.19,1918.

WITNESSES 4 I P- V g? ATTORNEY ALFOBD W. ROLLINS, 0F HART, MICHIGAN.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed July 18, 1916. Serial-No. 109,927.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALronD W. RoLLiNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hart, in the county of Oceana and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Package l ies, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a package tie and more particularly to animproved device for securing the ends of a length of wrapping cord ortwine in a manner that will tightly hold the package in compactposition.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a package tiehaving a pair of superposed disks between which the wrapping cord isreceived and which are mounted in a manner that will permit resiliencyto be imparted to the disks for holding them in the necessary spacedrelation for tightly securing the ends of the wrapping cord.

The invention also aims to provide a package tie consisting of aplurality of disks, two of which receive the wrapping cord for snuglyholding the same, while one of the disks is disposed in a position forimparting resiliency to the twine holding disks whereby the twine may berigidly fixed in position for compactly holding the package.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the preferred embodiment and in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding partsthroughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of apackage showing the device in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

A supporting disk 1 is provided, of circular formation, and an extension2 is formed on its periphery and extends a short distance from the edgeof the disk 1 and has an aperture 3 for receiving one end of thewrapping cord 4. A pair of twine scouring disks 5 and 6 are arranged insuperposed relation, the upper securing disk 5 being concaved while thelower securing disk 6 is convexed. This construction permits theperipheral edges of each of the disks 5 and 6 to be spaced apart for adistance sufiicient to allow the convenient insertion of the wrappingcord between the disks. Each of the disks are provided with centralapertures and a fastening rivet 7 has one end secured in the supportingdisk 1 and the shank of the rivet extends through the central aperturesin the disks 5 and 6. The upper end of the rivet terminates in a rivethead 8 which overlaps the concaved disk 5 thereby retaining both of thesecuring disks in proper position. By virtue of the resiliency of thedisk, the end of the rivet 7 which is provided with a head 8 will bemaintained at all times in tight engagement with the disk 5.

For slightly spacing the securing disks apart, the edge of the centralaperture in the concaved disk 5 is struck downwardly for providing asmall spacing flange 8 which bears upon the upper surface of theconvexed disk 6 thereby holding the securing disks 5 and 6 in spacedrelation. Each of the disks 5 and 6 are loosely mounted upon the rivetand they are free to rotate and also free to move upwardly anddownwardly on the shank of the rivet, limited only by the rivet head andthe resilient washer or expansible disk 9 which is formed of anysuitable resilient material such as rubber or the like.

The end of the cord is first secured to the extension 2 and it is thenwrapped around the package and a quarter of a turn is made around thedisks 5 and 6 by passing the cord between the disks which will snuglyand tightly hold the cord by virtue of the expansible disk 9 which bearsagainst the convexed surface of the lower washer 6. The cord is thenpassed transversely around the package and again brought around thespace between the securing disks as clearly shown by the dotted lines inFig. 1. A tight pull on the end of the cord will tend to draw the cordbetween the securing disks where it will be tightly held againstaccidental displacement. Of course, various sizes of cord may beaccommodated since, the resiliency of the disk 9 will permit thesecuring disks to be spaced apart for a greater distance, at the sametime, the resiliency or expansiveness of the disk 9 will tend to tightlysecure the cord between the disks 5 and 6.

In reduction to practice I have found that the form of my inventionillustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, asthe preferred embodiment, is the most eificient and practicable; yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my devicewill necessarily vary,

I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the detallsof construction,

proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, When required,Without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined inthe appended claim.

I claim:

A package tie comprising a pair of concaved disks each having a centralopening formed therein, the marginal edge of the opening in one diskbeing struck downwardly to provide an annular flange having its edge incontact with the proximate surface of the adjacent disk and around themarginal edge of the central opening in the said adjacent disk, afastening rivet extending through the said openings, a supporting diskmounted on one end of the rivet, a resilient disk interposed between thesupporting disk and the proximate face of the adjacent disk, the saidrivet having a head in engagement with the outer surface of theuppermost disk, the said resilient disk forcing the head of the saidrivet into tight engagement With the uppermost disk.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALFORD W. ROLLINS.

Witnesses:

W. 'E. ROLLINS, MARY A. RoLLINs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

